Posted on 12/24/2018 3:18:29 PM PST by LouieFisk
It was not a place of fun and games. And when that red phone rang — it was wired directly to a four-star general at the Pentagon — things got real. All eyes would have been on Shoup when he answered. “Col. Shoup,” he barked. But there was silence. Until finally, a small voice said, “Is this Santa Claus?”
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+1 ;-)
When I was stationed as an air traffic controller in West Berlin, mid 80’s, we did the same thing from the radar room of the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center.
“Oh, mine were quite a bit more ... risque than that”
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I’m hoping that you were the one receiving the calls and not the one making them! You could get arrested for that! hahaha!
“we did the same thing from the radar room of the Berlin Air Route Traffic Control Center.”
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Cool. I suspect St.Nick had to tunnel through to deliver toys on the other side of the wall.
:D
Or “is your refrigerator running”?
Those were pretty much required standards of any kid just starting out. As you skills increased, they became more complex!
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